Comments on: Thinking about rifles

By: Steve H

Steve H — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:27:56 +0000

Make that 6.0 pounds even, for the Kimber .223 with Leupold 6×42 FX-3, just weighed it.
Hard to beat…

By: Steve H

Steve H — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:23:24 +0000

I’m the proud owner of both a LMT CQB (AR), and one of the Kimber Montana .223′s. While the AR is fun to play with, even as a carbine it’s really too heavy to do much killing on things that don’t shoot back (and let’s all be real here, that’s the pretty much the extent of it for those of us that have the choice of which guns to use). I’ve gotta say, at 5 1/4 pounds (or 6.5 with Leupold FX-3 6×42), the bolt gun is awfully hard to beat for actual killing, with a 22″ barrel to boot.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:11:12 +0000

Actually, what I was thinking about doing was buying one of the Ruger M77 Hawkeye Compact rifles in .223. It’s got a 16.5 inch barrel, weights about 6 pounds, and is basically ideal for what I’ve got in mind. It wouldn’t have a forward mounted scope, but I could slap an ACOG on there and be all set.

By: Shootin' Buddy

Shootin' Buddy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:57:41 +0000

Caleb,

Have you considered modifying an inexpensive surplus rifle?

I would suggest:

http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Mans-Scout-Rifle-Guide/dp/1581603932

By: OrangeNeckInNY

OrangeNeckInNY — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:51:51 +0000

I’ve got a CZ 527 Carbine in 7.62×39. Shoot pretty good with some bulk ammo I got a few years ago with the Hornady V-Max 123 grain bullet. It groups about 1″ at 100 yds with that round. I haven’t played with it in awhile though as I haven’t been able to find that ammo with the V-Max bullet. That would be a perfect 50 yard deer rifle. It’s very light, even with a scope and accurate enough to get the job done. And I’ve never put any of that Wolf crap ammo through it.

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:39:18 +0000

Stumbled across your blog and thought I’d share my two cents.

I’ve had a CZ 527 in 7.62×39 for 2 years now and it is one of the finest little bolt actions around IMO. Out of the box accuracy was superb and the balance is dead on. Quality is top-notch and it slings on your shoulder so naturally you’ll forget that its there.

There are two issues you should be aware of however. Putting a scope on it ruins the handy nature of the weapon in my experience and the single set trigger does not like lacquer coated steelcase. Some of the lacquer scraped of f and temporarily jammed the clockwork-like innards of the trigger. Shame to, as I had a lot of that com-bloc crap.

By: D.W. Drang

D.W. Drang — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:21:29 +0000

Bolt action upper for an AR?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:52:56 +0000

I wouldn’t discount the worth of a rifle because it is obsolete under battlefield conditions we are 99.98% unlikely to encounter. the Mad Max/shtf/teotwawki scenario isn’t likely to happen anytime soon. I could be wrong, but I figure my semi-auto rifles are unlikely to be used for anything but hitting inanimate targets.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:56 +0000

Get an AR.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:39 +0000

WHEN IT’S TEOTWAWKI YOU’LL BE GLAD TO HAVE A RIFLE THAT DOESN’T JAM!